Mamas & Papas - Strada

We bought the mamas and papas strada bundle as my goal was for an all singing dancing package but HAD to be lightweight. My child is now 16 months and I think it was a good purchase. Being able to use a carry cot initially, then a seat and also use the car seat on our frame with adaptors literally covered us for whatever journey we were taking. Baby’s first outdoor walk? Nice and snug in carry cot. Baby’s first city appointment? Stick that car seat on the frame as he was always asleep the first few weeks and didn’t want to disturb him. Also helped he would ALWAYS fall asleep in the car so used to bring him inside the house in the car seat and extend it flat (ours was a Cybex cloud T) to let him snooze a lil more. However we always kept those times under the recommended 2 hours. The pushchair itself is about 11kg. So one of the lighter options compared to the ‘big systems’ however the basket underneath is just so small and weirdly shaped it’s ridiculous. I would encourage you to perhaps look at different options. If I would do it again I would tell people to buy a pushchair system that is also travel approved. I ended up having to buy a second pushchair just to take it on the cabin with me on holiday. E.g the new silver cross Nia is cabin approved for both seat and carry cot. And weighs only 7.5kg for the pushchair. You wouldn’t need to buy another travel compliant pushchair if you bought this from the get go. It’ll be light and folds up nicely, even with the carry cot! There was no way I was ever taking my strada carry cot with me in the car lol. However I’m sure Joolz and other travel pushchairs are now doing something similar with being adaptable to carry cots and car seats so have a look I’m not sure.

The Joolz Aer+ is great as a compact pram that is still smooth and robust (better than the YoYo in my opinion). Super easy to fold.and manoeuvrable. For something a little bigger (and with. A bigger shipping basket) but still quite compact, I've enjoyed the Mamas and Papas Vardo (formerly known as Strada).